RE: UTF-2 and standardization

[jdo@wv.MENTORG.COM (James Do)]

Luc Roojijakkers writes:

> Since we are asking standard questions, does anyone know the 2022
> sequence to switch into UCS (16 bit, 32 bit or any other encoding)?

Note the ``final byte'' column in this posting:

% From OWNER-ISO8859@JHUVM.HCF.JHU.EDUTue Feb 16 07:42:20 1993
% From: Johan van Wingen <PRECAL@RULMVS.LEIDENUNIV.NL>
% Subject:      new registrations
% To: Multiple recipients of list ISO8859 <ISO8859@JHUVM.BITNET>
%
% Just arrived: a set of new registrations from ECMA (according to
% ISO 2375). Also corrected pages for IR 158 and 166 were included.
% (Warning: these pages do not contain any statement like: this replaces
% a former version, be careful to mark it yourself.) The list as starting
% from 141 runs now (179 is not yet registered, do not ask me why not):
%
% ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
%
% ISO #   Sponsor size  application     registration   final  comments
%                        SC2    date     SC2    date   byte

... stuff deleted ...

%   174     SC2/WG2     N2357 92-07     N2407 93-01-21 04/03 10646 2L2
%   175     SC2/WG2     N2357 92-07     N2407 93-01-21 04/04 10646 4L2
%   176     SC2/WG2     N2357 92-07     N2407 93-01-21 04/05 10646 2L3
%   177     SC2/WG2     N2357 92-07     N2407 93-01-21 04/06 10646 4L3
%   178     SC2/WG2     N2358 92-07     N2407 93-01-21 04/02 10646 UTF-1

Regards,
James Do